chore: Very basic commit message validation for semantic-release

.husky/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+_

.husky/commit-msg

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+. "$(dirname "$0")/_/husky.sh"
+
+# Ideally, we might want to use a package like commitizen or commitlint,
+# but as far as I can tell, those don't work with GUI git clients like GitKraken.
+# And they are actually overkill for what we need here (though we could custom configure them).
+
+# Read the commit message from the file passed as an argument
+COMMIT_MSG=$(cat "$1")
+
+# Check if the commit message contains a colon.
+# This is a super basic validation and could certainly be improved.
+if ! echo "$COMMIT_MSG" | grep -q ":"; then
+    echo "Improper commit message for semantic-release."
+    echo "Please use the format 'type: message'"
+    echo "e.g. chore: Updated README"
+    echo "e.g. fix: Made a repair"
+    echo "e.g. feat: Added a new thing"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# If we reach here, the commit message is valid
+exit 0

package.json

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
         "build-dev": "shx rm -rf dist/ && webpack --config webpack.config.js",
         "tslint": "tslint  --project tsconfig.json",
         "test": "jest",
-        "test-storybook": "test-storybook --url http://localhost:9009"
+        "test-storybook": "test-storybook --url http://localhost:9009",
+        "prepare": "husky install"
     },
     "dependencies": {
         "@material-ui/core": "^4.12.3",
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@
         "file-loader": "^3.0.1",
         "globule": "^1.2.1",
         "html-webpack-plugin": "^3.2.0",
+        "husky": "8",
         "jest": "^27.4.7",
         "jest-teamcity-reporter": "^0.9.0",
         "jest-transform-css": "^3.0.0",

yarn.lock

@@ -10235,6 +10235,11 @@ humanize-ms@^1.2.1:
   dependencies:
     ms "^2.0.0"
 
+husky@8:
+  version "8.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/husky/-/husky-8.0.3.tgz#4936d7212e46d1dea28fef29bb3a108872cd9184"
+  integrity sha512-+dQSyqPh4x1hlO1swXBiNb2HzTDN1I2IGLQx1GrBuiqFJfoMrnZWwVmatvSiO+Iz8fBUnf+lekwNo4c2LlXItg==
+
 hyphenate-style-name@^1.0.3:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hyphenate-style-name/-/hyphenate-style-name-1.0.3.tgz#097bb7fa0b8f1a9cf0bd5c734cf95899981a9b48"